As we all know, in the War of Liberation, a large number of weapons that the United States provided to the Kuomintang were transferred to the people's army by Chiang Kai-shek, the "captain of the transport brigade". According to the authoritative statistics of the "Strategic Defense of the Liberation War", from July 1946 to June 1947 alone, the PLA captured 389,000 long and short guns, 39,657 machine guns, 6,166 artillery pieces, 4,181 grenadiers, and a large number of artillery shells, bullets, and grenades on the battlefield. In addition, it also includes 87 tanks, 3 aircraft, 19 warships, 40 locomotives, 1,281 automobiles, 459 radio stations and other heavy weapons and equipment.
This news even attracted the attention of the US State Department in 1949, and a white paper on the Chinese question was issued. Many American businessmen who had seen the PLA in North China expressed strong opposition to Chiang's reinforcement, knowing that most of these weapons would eventually end up in the hands of the Communists.
History does not repeat itself, but it is always strikingly similar. Under the leadership of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian army has been defeated and lost repeatedly, and a large number of various equipment aided by the United States, NATO and other allies have been captured by the Russian army as "trophies", except for some of the destruction by the Russian army.
During May Day, an exhibition of loot captured by the Russian army during the special military operation against Ukraine opened on the hill in Moscow, including weapons and equipment made in the United States, Britain, Germany, France and other Western countries to aid Ukraine.
According to Russian media reports such as Red Star TV and Izvestia, the exhibition displays dozens of equipment made in the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Finland, Australia, Austria, Ukraine and other countries, including the "Abrams" main battle tank, the "Leopard" main battle tank, the "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle, the "Weasel" infantry fighting vehicle, and the T-72 tank.
It is worth mentioning that the staff of the embassies of the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and Poland in Russia have priority access to the exhibition area.
The United States and NATO originally pinned their hopes on using Ukraine's strength to achieve the goal of weakening Russia's military power, but unfortunately, it backfired, and the Russian army won the final victory in both last year's counteroffensive and a new round of urban battles. In this process, one military stronghold after another was conquered, and batches of aid weapons fell into the hands of the Russian army, and such a result undoubtedly disappointed the United States and NATO.
Because of this, the United States and NATO's aid to Ukraine has become weaker and weaker, and some countries have even begun to drastically reduce their aid. Originally, the Ukrainian army was at a disadvantage, and weapons and ammunition were not in place, which made them increasingly tight on the front line. Some military experts predict that once the intensity of aid to Ukraine does not reach the average level, then the outcome of this war seems to have been decided.